What to know about the NASA-funded commercial Moon fleet
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‘Game changer’: Gene therapy offers hope for children born deaf
Paris, France - A gene therapy that has allowed several children born deaf to hear for the first time is being...
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Digital currency can speed up global payments: CBUAE
The CBUAE has in a study found that central bank digital currencies can substantially improve international trade payments.
- The findings come from a report that has been generated from the first Multiple CBDC Bridge (mBridge) Project
- This project is a step closer to making cross-border trade payments easier, safer, and in real time
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UN fund urges rich nations to pay $100bn a year in climate finance to poor countries
Rich countries must deliver on a promise to channel $100 billion a year in climate finance to developing nations, otherwise...
- The call by Yannick Glemarec comes as about 50 climate ministers meet in Milan, Italy, on Thursday to hammer out details and tackle differences on the pace of green transition
- The pre-COP26 summit in Milan this week is the last major UN meeting before negotiators head to Glasgow
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Algeria begins Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine production
Prime Minister Aimene Benabderrahmane, who attended the launch of the production process at a factory in the eastern city of...
- Lotfi Djamel Benbahmed, Algeria's minister for the pharmaceutical industry, has said the country plans to export the vaccines
- Saidal, the firm making the jabs, was so far the only African company to be licenced to produce the jab
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NASA’s Lucy mission to probe Jupiter’s mysterious Trojan asteroids
The probe, called Lucy after an ancient fossil that provided insights into the evolution of human species, will launch on...
- The probe, called Lucy after an ancient fossil that provided insights into the evolution of human species, will launch on October 16 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
- Its mission is to investigate the group of rocky bodies circling the Sun in two swarms, one preceding Jupiter in its orbital path and the other trailing behind it
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Want to live forever? Theoretically, you could
The outer limit of the human lifespan has long been hotly debated, with recent studies making the case we could...
- The outer limit of the human lifespan has long been hotly debated, with recent studies making the case we could live up to 150 years
- The new research, published Wednesday in the Royal Society Open Science journal, wades into the debate by analysing new data on supercentenarians
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Syria water crisis spurs spike in disease: MSF
MSF has blamed the ‘acute water crisis’ in recent months on a decrease in funding for water, sanitation and hygiene...
- The crisis is most acute in northwestern Syria, the country’s last major rebel stronghold
- More than three million people live in squalid conditions in that region
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NYU and NYU Abu Dhabi develop AI tool to improve breast cancer detection
A team of researchers from New York University (NYU) and NYU Abu Dhabi report that they have developed a novel...
- The system, designed to be a decision support tool for clinicians, also helped radiologists significantly decrease their false positive and requested biopsy rates
- The system is designed to identify malignant lesions in breast ultrasound images, with the primary goal of reducing the frequency of false-positive findings
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UAE reviews food systems transformation at UN
The world must act, and act now, if we are to reach zero hunger by 2030, the UAE’s Minister of...
- There is no more time for planning in the run-up to 2030, which is designated the Decade of Action
- The combined efforts of all actors is necessary for the world to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
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Saudi Arabia seeks to attract $5.3bn in investments in data and AI
Saudi Arabia aims to be one of the top 10 countries in the world in data and artificial intelligence, and...
- Digitization is not a luxury, minister says
- Kingdom is training 25,000 Saudis youth in digital skills
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UAE, Egypt explore prospects of greater space cooperation
The two sides also discussed facilitating new growth partnerships between the public and private sector.
- The meeting explored the potential for greater collaboration in all space-related fields between the two countries
- The two parties also looked at opportunities to strengthen ties across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
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UAE’s Sultan AlNeyadi achieves groundbreaking milestone as first Arab to perform spacewalk
The mission objectives included crucial tasks such as routing power cables and retrieving a Radio Frequency Group unit, contributing to...
- The mission objectives included crucial tasks such as routing power cables and retrieving a Radio Frequency Group unit, contributing to the station's operational capabilities
- Prior to Sultan AlNeyadi's spacewalk during Expedition 69, thorough safety checks were conducted to address challenges such as radiation, extreme temperatures, and space debris
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Rashid 2: UAE plans new lunar mission
Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visited the MBRSC and met the team behind the UAE’s first attempt...
- Japanese spacecraft carrying UAE's Rashid Rover made unsuccessful landing on Tuesday
- Communication was lost with Hakuto-R moments before it was due to touch down at around 16:40 GMT
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UAE stays hopeful even as Rashid Rover, other payloads miss chance to explore moon
Despite the unsuccessful lunar landing of HAKUTO-R Mission 1, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) remains optimistic about future...
- Despite the unsuccessful lunar landing of HAKUTO-R Mission 1, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre remains optimistic about future space endeavors
- The UAE's space center praises mission partner ispace for their efforts and expresses gratitude to the French space agency, CNES, for their contributions